Vice President, Global Payments/Sanctions Screening Ops

Vice President, Global Payments/Sanctions Screening Ops

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President to join our Global Payments – Sanctions Screening Ops/Investigations team. This role is located in MANCHESTER (UK) – HYBRID.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

Manages staff involved in reviewing and decisioning sanctions alerts, investigations and monitoring global issues, risks and events.

Provide expertise in the area and have a thorough knowledge of Sanctions Screening process and adhere to Compliance and regulatory guidelines.

Identify and resolve a variety of potentially high impact issues through applying Subject Matter Expertise and evaluating complex business processes, systems and industry standards.

Managing relationships and working with Operations, Technology, Product, Risk & Control to improve the experience for all stakeholders and clients.

Responsible for achievement of function goals. Ensures team is equipped to operate and attain team goals.

Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm’s reputation, safeguarding its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations all whilst adhering to company Policy.

Applying sound ethical judgement regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Delivering on continuous process improvement initiatives across all areas of responsibility.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

5+ years of relevant working experience leading Operations teams in the Financial Crime domain.

Subject Matter Expertise in Sanctions screening in Financial Services/ banking.

Demonstrable knowledge of key global Sanctions regulations (US, EU, UK).

The candidate must be a highly self-motivated and high performing, with a track record of driving others to meet those same high standards.

Must be able to handle all levels of complexity in their domain, be able to multi-task with relative ease by collaborating with multiple teams.

Demonstrated line management experience in Operations; and Project management skills will be advantageous.

Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication with stakeholders.

A track record of improving & streamlining processes, following industry recognised methodologies.

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:

America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024

World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024

Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024

Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024

“Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024

Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.